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Smaller than Small, the Unique Eocene Louse! [PDF]

open access: yesGeoconservation Research, 2021
Some of the most spectacular fossil deposits of the European Tertiary are former maars located in old volcanic field areas. The Tertiary volcanic field of the High Eifel (THV) lies between the two Quaternary volcanic fields of the West and East Eifel and
Martin Koziol, Torsten Wappler
doaj   +1 more source

Geoconservation in the Cabeço da Ladeira Paleontological Site (Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Nature Park, Portugal): Exquisite Preservation of Animals and Their Behavioral Activities in a Middle Jurassic Carbonate Tidal Flat

open access: yesGeosciences, 2021
The Cabeço da Ladeira paleontological site in central Portugal became known as the “Jurassic Beach”. Formerly an active quarry, the site was protected in order to preserve the large exposures of a Middle Jurassic (early?
Susana Machado   +9 more
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Establishing the Lower-Middle Jurassic Boundary in the UNESCO Global Geopark Molina & Alto Tajo (Central Spain) [PDF]

open access: yesGeoconservation Research, 2021
The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Aalenian Stage (base of the Middle Jurassic), was established in Fuentelsaz (Central Spain) by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) of the International Union of Geological ...
Antonio Goy   +2 more
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Exposed! The Public Life of Carboniferous Fossils in the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark, Ireland [PDF]

open access: yesGeoconservation Research, 2021
Carboniferous fossils from the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark, County Clare, Ireland are rated by their promotional potential in the form of celebrity A, B or C-listings.
Eamon Doyle
doaj   +1 more source

From Cultural Landscape to Aspiring Geopark: 15 Years of Community-Based Landscape Tourism in Fengnan Village, Hualien County, Taiwan (2006–2021)

open access: yesGeosciences, 2021
Geoconservation plays a key role in valuing and conserving abiotic nature, while geotourism can be an effective means of achieving this objective.
Kuang-Chung Lee, Paulina G. Karimova
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing global nature conservation by integrating geodiversity in policy and practice

open access: yes, 2023
Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 3, June 2023.
Helena Tukiainen, Joseph J. Bailey
wiley   +1 more source

Geoconservation principles and protected area management

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2019
Geoconservation includes the protection of geoheritage features and geosites and the application of geoconservation principles more generally in the sustainable management of protected areas and in the wider landscape.
John E. Gordon
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Geological Sites for Priority Management: Proposals for Geoconservation in the Ceará Central Domain, North-eastern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesAnuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2018
Quantitative assessment of geological sites has been demonstrated as a consistent tool in order to delineate geoconservation strategies, especially for large areas with scarce resources.
Pâmella Moura   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Palaeontological And Geological Highlights Of The Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark [PDF]

open access: yesGeoconservation Research, 2021
The Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark, located in central England, joined the Global Geopark Network in July 2020. It is the most urban Geopark in the network with a population of approximately 1.1 million people.
Graham Worton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Where is the community in geoparks? A systematic literature review and call for attention to the societal embedding of geoparks

open access: yesArea, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 97-104, March 2020., 2020
Geoparks are territorial landscape protection and promotion organisations with aims of geoheritage conservation, geo‐education, and sustainable regional development using geotourism products. Building on an analytical literature review, using the Scopus database, this paper shows that geopark studies remain solidly positioned in the domain of the ...
Arie Stoffelen
wiley   +1 more source

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